Kika de la Garza Quotes

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.

Discussion is the bedrock of American democracy.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the most ignorant part of society.

Democracy is that fine art of compromise.

Democracy requires that those who bear the consequences of decisions have enough knowledge to hold the decision-makers accountable.

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

A democratic state must feel before it can see; that is what makes it slow to act. But the people, at last, will be right.

Democracy is messy.

Democracy divides the population into two groups: those of us who complain about government and those of us who are complained about.

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

In a multi-party democracy, many issues which you want - or do not want - will be raised. It is for us to make it relevant or not so relevant with our answers.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.